The Schrems Chapter is kicking off its most aggressive year in conservation in recent history with six major projects and support for several other conservation efforts. The projects cover three watersheds and we need volunteers on all of them! I hope you will join us on one or more of these projects as we work...
Category: Conservation
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Michigan Trout Unlimited Joins Pigeon River Lawsuit
May 4, 2009 Contact: Bryan Burroughs 517-599-5238 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Michigan Trout Unlimited joins litigation against Golden Lotus for failure of dam at Song of the Morning Ranch on the Pigeon River. On March 20 2009, Michigan Trout Unlimited and Pigeon River Country Association filed a motion to intervene in the State of Michigan’s...
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SWMTU launches ambitious temperature monitoring study – volunteers needed
In 2009 and 2010, SWMTU will conduct a temperature monitoring program on several area trout and salmon rivers in West Michigan. On SATURDAY, MAY 2 we will be installing temperature logging equipment in the Rogue River and Tyler Creek in Kent County, the Pigeon River in Ottawa County, and Prairie Creek in Ionia County. Volunteers...
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Removing dams from the Muskegon River
Jeff Alexander reports on the efforts to remove small dams from the Muskegon River watershed. Great news for the river! Thanks MRWA!
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Annual Steelhead trip on the Muskegon River
SWMTU has its 2009 Steelhead float trip for members and friends on the Muskegon River for Saturday, April 18, 2009.
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State Files Lawsuit Against Golden Lotus, Inc. Over Pigeon River Fish Kill
The Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Natural Resources, and Michigan Department of Attorney General announced today that a civil lawsuit has been filed today in 46th Judicial Circuit Court, Otsego County, naming Golden Lotus, Incorporated (GLI) as a defendant and alleging violations of various state environmental laws resulting in a significant fish kill in...
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TU Condemns Pigeon River Fish Kill
Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited Condemns Pigeon River Fish Kill On June 22nd 2008, a massive fish kill occurred on the Pigeon River in northern Michigan east of Vanderbilt. A discharge of sediment and water from a dam is being blamed for the fish kill. The Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited voted to condemn this...
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Pigeon River Project Report
Thanks to the 18 volunteers who gave up a Saturday morning to help out with a stream cleanup and habitat project on the Pigeon River in Hemlock Park in Ottawa County on August 23rd. The group removed several tires, a couple of rusted out drums, and hundreds of glass bottles from a quarter mile stretch...
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Upcoming Conservation Projects
Upcoming Conservation Projects Saturday, August 9 We will be joined by the Lansing and Kalamazoo TU chapters as we wrap up our work on Tyler Creek for the summer. The plan is to meet again at the golf course located at 13495 92nd Ave, Alto by 9:00 AM. Keep right as you enter the driveway...
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Action Alert – Public Input Sought for Agricultural Procedures Impacting Michigan Streams
Action Alert: Public Input Sought for Agricultural Procedures Impacting Michigan Streams Background: The Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) is seeking public input on three GAAMPS by August 18, 2008. GAAMPS are Generally Accepted Agriculture Management Practices and these are the guidelines that farms and agribusinesses must follow in order to keep the protections provided by...